PoirotLosesaClient

Agatha Christie - Poirot Loses A Client The Mistress of Littlegreen House Miss Arundell died on May 1st. Though her illness was short her death did not occasion much surprise in the little country town of Market Basing, where she had lived since she was a girl of sixteen. For Emily Arundell was well over seventy, the last of a family of five, and she had been known to be in delicate health for many years and had indeed nearly died of a similar attack to the one that killed her some eighteen months before. But though Miss Arundell's death surprised no one, something else did. The provisions of her will gave rise to varying emotions, astonishment, pleasurable excitement, deep condemnation, fury, despair, anger and general gossip. For weeks and even months Market Basing was to talk of nothing Miss Arundell was saying: "Now then, Minnie, where have you put them all?" "Well, I thought--I hope I've done right--Dr. and Mrs. Tanios in the Oak room and Theresa in the Blue room and Mr. Charles in the Old Nursery--" Miss Arundell interrupted: "Theresa can have the Old Nursery and Charles will have the Blue room." "Oh, yes--I'm sorry--I thought t......